Design of a picosecond-laser-driven Ni-like Mo x-ray laser near 20 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1511-1514

  Nilsen, Joseph ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031519747     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001511     Document Type: Article

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